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[QUOTE=transfusion]the power supply works perfectly fine..[/QUOTE] Did you try the power supply in and another computer ,or are you saying the above just because it lights the lights and runs the fans ,if so that doesn't mean its supplying the right amount of power to boot the computer

[QUOTE=fonch]Does anyone know how I can upgrade the internal memory slot of a Toshiba Satellite M105-SP381? Thanks,[/QUOTE] more info please, and you trying to add another ram chip or a chip that is bigger than yours ,it has 2 slots ,how much ram does it have now ,anyway usually as …

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[QUOTE=Cristalle]As a last resort I tried wiping the hard-drive and yes, you guessed it. I got an error message LOL XD ___________________________________________________________ [B]Formatting Main Disk (C:[/B] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or nay other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no …

[QUOTE=kronik45]Hello everybody, i'm portuguese but I hope you can understand my english... Here's my problem, a few months ago, i used a Onboard audio driver, C-Media audio driver, but i had a lot of problems with that one so i bought another, it's a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1. I uninstalled …

maybe hes not getting enough power !!

[url]http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Repair-Windows-XP-t138.html[/url] try this for a install over excisting winxp

try this ,go to internet options in IE tools ,advanced/browsing and make sure show download box is checked ,or unchen it restart and then check it it might help bring back the download box .

hi ,if your bios looks like this one .[url]http://www.yoreparo.com/images/articulos/bios_html_m41f2952d.jpg[/url] ,, then when in the bios go to the one that reads pc health status

[QUOTE=nonas]Someone at work said I could take out my drive, put in an extra one that I have - set up as master, re-attach the buggered one as a slave and then access it like a storage drive. Does this sound like something that I could do without totally screwing …

Win 95b is usb compatiable ,I would think the 98 drivers would work in 95. If you don't have usb install yet on 95 it has to be install , on the win95b disk you will find a folder called OTHERS ,in there is a folder called USB,in there is …

from utube site . Why can't I hear the audio when I'm watching a video? To make sure that you hear sound while watching videos, please check the volume controls on your computer. Also, be sure to increase the volume on other conventional video players on your computer, such as …

[QUOTE=kaiking328] so i have to switch the red thing in the back to make it restart and run. [/QUOTE] the red thing ??? and it restarted and now runs or does it still not run[run usually means it loaded windows and works ]

What about editing the boot .ini file !!Maybe I don't know

you got 30 days to activate,after that it will stop working ! so you only have 2 options buy another winxp or use a free linux

you missed this one . O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WINT] C:\WINDOWS\System32\wcpsvit.exe>>>> bad

[url]http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.winet.html[/url]

right click on the desktop/properties/screensavers/power in ther you will find power options ,or you may need to do it in the bios

[quote=nido]I tried that but it did't work b/c still intivirus are not much upgraded like these spam to stop any illegal program to changing in registry. So when you are downloading internet so be carefull.:lol: [/quote] What!!

the easiest thing to do is slave your drive in another working computer and remove data to the drive in other computer ,good to have burner in other computer. i have used [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url] live cd and a thumb drive to remove small amounts of data ,you can also use it …

[QUOTE=normanallen]Quite accidentally, I have managed to delete my address book in Outlook 2002 (Win XP SP2). How can I get it back?[/QUOTE] try a search for *.wab ,see if its still around ,if you find it then go to outlook and go to File ,import /addresssbook and direct it to …

[QUOTE=mkn]Hi everybody, I recently discovered a software that solves all your software problems for example say system crash,virus threats or data loss etc.in just 15 seconds.I was really amazed to see such type of software which gives me a complete pc protection.If you want to know more about the software …

I do think you have a kvm with a 1 and 2 marked on the main body ,make sure 1 is going to the your main computer ,i had one of those and made that error a few time when hooking it up. now i have a IOGear and it …

go to the virus and other nasties section of this fourm and get hijackthis program and post a hjt log for review

[QUOTE=GriffIT34]Can't install xp, non stop error's of can't find files. CD works fine on another comp. What other ways of installing xp can i try. thanks[/QUOTE] use a different cdrom in you computer

Hi ,whats wrong in this log ,please advise what i can remove . Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:29:46 AM, on 7/3/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program …

choose this one from the list . restart windows with last known configuration that worked! if that doesn't work try safe mode with networking and if that works email yourself the 22 page plan for backup . you don't want to reload windows ,that way you will lose all info …

its been a few years ,befor xp even but i came across a site /magazine artical of a 14 yr old who had well over 6 ,someting in the high teens install and booting,and most were windows os,'s found this , [url]http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=143973[/url]

is the computer time set to right time .

in the fourm on that site they say there are problems such as these listed in one post . All issues seem to be corrected now. For what they exactly were, here is a list. 1.) A server went down 2.) For many they could not reach their or others …

could be a power problem ,not getting enough power will cause this ,can you try another power supply,as for the overheating if there are settings in bios to shut down when it overheats it will shut down ,if not it will fry cpu before it shuts down !!

[QUOTE=triplethreat80]Well I thought it was so i hooked it up to my computer speaker [/QUOTE] if the amp is hooked to a set of speakers it will work ,but not to the speaker of the computer to the soundcard where the computer speakers are plugged in,if you only have 3 …

[QUOTE=nimcdow]Just an update. Apparently is was just the power supply. I purchased a new one, put it in and all is working fine now.[/QUOTE] was just goint to say try a power supply !!

you will need the cd ,you have to put it in the cdrom when asked during the xp upgrade .

[QUOTE=kylethedarkn]Is there such a thing as a device that converts a phone jack into an ethernet jack?[/QUOTE] I will say no as they are two totally different devices

[QUOTE=dejudge]This Pavillion 7955 was given to me by a friend who told me the hard drive died. When trying to boot it shows a message that the boot disk is bad. I put in a new hard drive and got the same message. I tried a new connecter ribbon with …

Most OS need to be installed in the computer they are going to be use on !!!! especually if they are in the ntfs file format,its usually a motherboard drivers issue

here's how it exaclty looks on my computer [IMG]http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2135/flash3xw.jpg[/IMG] Try this , In Internet Explorer, select Tools/Internet Options/Security tab. For the internet zone, click on Default Level.

[QUOTE=damdirtyape]The computer detects the DVD rom and reads the installation disk (I assume it reads it because the disk spins) The problem is the installation will not autoplay. [/quote] just because it spins doesn't mean its reading the disk .,does the bios detect the dvd rom is bios set to …

administrative tools, consist of about 7 different tools ,do you know what changes were made ??

slow to reboot? ther are a lot of programs running on you computer that need to shutdown then restart when you reboot .all of these! most are not need to be running at startup .start by stopping the unnecessary ones . O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BluetoothAuthenticationAgent] rundll32.exe irprops.cpl,,BluetoothAuthenticationAgent O4 - HKLM\..\Run: …

went looking for Folder Options to change to show all files and to set it to one click .,found it ! in mycomputer /properties ,top right, next to search icon ,black arrow ,click and go to search options .

[QUOTE=zinny]While i was working on my other computer it turned off, i had been on for awhile so i figured it might have over heated so i left it alone for a couple hours. When i tried to start it it sounded like it was about to start up fine …

you need to install drivers for you video card ,or onboard video what ever you have in computer

Hello Jonathan welocme to daniweb , try opening computer and removing the ribbon cable to the cdrom and mother board and reinstall then ,might be loose .iuf no difference , right click mycomputer /properties /device manager ,click on the + by cdroms if there and click on the cd rom …

Excess CPU heat is the first cause that comes to me !!

[QUOTE=Brice]I was in the prosses of reformatting my dell coumputer when I started the coumputer up and now all I get is error loading operating system. what can i do to get it started. will my Dell recovery XP CD work and reinstall the OS? I don't any of the …

call Dell tech support,its free

have you tried safe mode, f8 on bootup,does you desktop show in safe mode ,could be virus related ,

[QUOTE=beachloverinpa]Hi. I just registered here. I found the site by searching and the advice found was very helpful. Anyway...to get to the current subject at hand---I too have a problem with my System32 'Windows Explorer' folder opening at start-up. And I believe that I can shed some more light on …